Queen Catherine

[In English, this name derived from Greek may be spelled "Catherine", "Katherine", "Katharine", or "Kathryn". Variants from other languages include "Catalina" (Spanish), "Ekaterina" (Russian), and "Katrina" (German).]

Among the women known to history as Queen Catherine are:

• Catherine of Alexandria (or Saint Catherine) (~27x-~307), queen regnant of Egypt: daughter of Queen Sabinella of Egypt and King Costis of Egypt, son of Constantius Chlorus

• Katherine Plantagenet (or Catalina de Lancaster) (1372-1418), queen consort of Castile & Leon (Spain): daughter of John of Gaunt; sister of Henry IV of England; wife of Henry III of Castile; mother of John II of Castile

• Catherine of Valois (1401-1437), queen consort of England: daughter of Charles VI of France; wife of Henry V of England and Owen Tudor; mother of Henry VI of England

• Catherine of Bosnia (or Katarina Kosaca) (142x-1478), queen consort of Bosnia: daughter of Stephen Vukcic Kosaca; wife of Stephen Thomas of Bosnia

• Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536), queen consort of England: daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile; 1st wife of Henry VIII of England; mother of Mary I of England

• Katherine Parr (1512-1548), queen consort of England: daughter of Sir Thomas Parr; 6th wife of Henry VIII of England

• Catherine de Médicis (1519-1589), queen consort and regent of France: daughter of Lorenzo de' Medici; wife of Henry II of France; mother of Francis II of France and Charles IX of France and Henry III of France

• Catherine Howard (1525-1542), queen consort of England: grand-daughter of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk; daughter of Lord Edmund Howard; 5th wife of Henry VIII of England

• Catharine of Braganza (1638-1705), queen consort of England: daughter of John IV of Portugal; wife of Charles II of England

• Catherine I of Russia (or Yekatarina I) (1684-1730), empress, consort and then regnant, of Russia: wife of Peter I of Russia

• Catherine II of Russia (Yekatarina II or Catherine the Great) (1729-1796), empress, consort and then regnant, of Russia: daughter of Christian Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst; wife of Peter III of Russia